Theoretical performance analysis for CMOS based high resolution detectors

Amit Jain; Daniel R. Bednarek; Stephen Rudin

doi:10.1117/12.2006217

6 March 2013 Theoretical performance analysis for CMOS based high resolution detectors

Amit Jain, Daniel R. Bednarek, Stephen Rudin

Proceedings Volume 8668, Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of Medical Imaging; 86685U (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006217
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2013, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando Area), Florida, United States

Abstract

High resolution imaging capabilities are essential for accurately guiding successful endovascular interventional procedures. Present x-ray imaging detectors are not always adequate due to their inherent limitations. The newly-developed high-resolution micro-angiographic fluoroscope (MAF-CCD) detector has demonstrated excellent clinical image quality; however, further improvement in performance and physical design may be possible using CMOS sensors. We have thus calculated the theoretical performance of two proposed CMOS detectors which may be used as a successor to the MAF. The proposed detectors have a 300 μm thick HL-type CsI phosphor, a 50 μm-pixel CMOS sensor with and without a variable gain light image intensifier (LII), and are designated MAFCMOS- LII and MAF-CMOS, respectively. For the performance evaluation, linear cascade modeling was used. The detector imaging chains were divided into individual stages characterized by one of the basic processes (quantum gain, binomial selection, stochastic and deterministic blurring, additive noise). Ranges of readout noise and exposure were used to calculate the detectors' MTF and DQE. The MAF-CMOS showed slightly better MTF than the MAF-CMOS-LII, but the MAF-CMOSLII showed far better DQE, especially for lower exposures. The proposed detectors can have improved MTF and DQE compared with the present high resolution MAF detector. The performance of the MAF-CMOS is excellent for the angiography exposure range; however it is limited at fluoroscopic levels due to additive instrumentation noise. The MAF-CMOS-LII, having the advantage of the variable LII gain, can overcome the noise limitation and hence may perform exceptionally for the full range of required exposures; however, it is more complex and hence more expensive.

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Amit Jain, Daniel R. Bednarek, and Stephen Rudin "Theoretical performance analysis for CMOS based high resolution detectors", Proc. SPIE 8668, Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of Medical Imaging, 86685U (6 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006217

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